Origin of Surname--YAFFE
Alan Yaffe
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Alan Yaffe
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> Could anyone please tell me the origin and meaning of the surname Yaffe?
>
> Thank you,
> Alan Yaffe
This is Hebrew for "Beautiful". Compare this with German "Schoenman", which
means the same thing.
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Stan Goodman, Qiryat Tiv'on, Israel
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NEACHOWICZ/NOACHOWICZ, NEJMAN/NAJMAN, ISMACH, ROKITA: From Lomza Gubernia,
in Russian Poland
HERTANU, ABRAMOVICI, LAUER: From Dorohoi District, Romania
GRISARU, VATARU: From Iasi, Romania
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Harold Rabbie
It is spelled Yud Feh Heh, and properly pronounced as ya-FEH
Other transliterations of this word into the Latin alphabet include Yoffe,
Jaffe, Jaffa, Joffe, Yaffa etc.
The feminine equivalent, ya-FAH, is a common girl's first name in Israel.
Harold Zvi Rabbie
Los Gatos, California
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Alan Yaffe wrote in message <37edf...@news2.cluster1.telinco.net>...
>Could anyone please tell me the origin and meaning of the surname Yaffe?
>
>Thank you,
>Alan Yaffe
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Ilan Szekely
Alan Yaffe wrote:
> Could anyone please tell me the origin and meaning of the surname Yaffe?
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